spongebob - for michelle

do y ou see him in the bottom of this photo of J and rasputin?

butterfly theme?

Your Birthdate: February 2

You're so intuitive, it's like you have a sixth, seventh, and eighth sense. You connect with others freely and easily - and you tend to have many best friends. Warm and caring, it's hard for you to close your heart to anyone. Affection is like air for you - you need to give and receive it to survive. Your strength: Your universal compassion Your weakness: Your unpredictable mood swings Your power color: Mauve Your power symbol: Butterfly Your power month: February

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

tattoo me?

You Should Get A Butterfly Tattoo

Sweet and sassyFor you, tattoos are a thing of beauty - not toughness

What Tattoo Should You Get?

more water

A huge star fish - it was kind of blue, but photographed as a purple. there was a large white one too. on the lower wall.
the girls in a bubble that looks onto the penguin display they have a web cam for this display
there is another cam project with frogs there too
these fish are in this big cylindar tank and swim in circles all day long. LOL
Hh in the tunnel with all the cool sharks and rays and big turtles swiming all around.
this is coral and it was so pretty almost like an underwater painting.

more pictures

A rope bridge at the Henry Dorley zoo in Omaha NE and the girls on the bridge.
this is in the jungle- I really have enjoyed this part of our trip the last couple of times we have visited our friends.

This is a really great display, the monkeys and animals are all so close and out in the environs the waterfalls are so natural looking.
Jane and jane AKA Hh and Special doing the tarzan swing! I love this photo

Then we moved on to the aquarium- I love this part the best. this is an anemonie very cool stuff to see and do at this zoo. more photos to come.

the roller skating museum

this was a cute piece of advertising, for pepsi
this wall was up front when we arrived just in the foyer - just a taste of what was to come inside.
see those plaid padded keep on your own shoe skates, I think my first pair of skates was just like those. then my older brother got a pair that looked a bit like the red shoe skates in the back.

this is the first patent for skates. The whole place was a blast! I liked it alot. if you are at all interested in skating on wheels this is a place to go.

friends :) always wear the same clothes

For about 6 years now at some point during picture taking we have managed to wear these clothes- the last day of my stay in NE with Kate we deliberately had Hh take this picture with our favorite things to wear :)

altered paint cans for our troop

these cans are going to the boys and scoutmasters tonight , during a court of honor.

hello From Let Kate Dirve!!

Well we had a good trip coming out to nebraska, we are still at Kate and specials house. We will post up pictures when we arrive home later on saturday probably. We managed to get the great weather for zoo- visiting on Monday. and the rainy weather for museum visiting on tuesday. we are scrapping like fiends and you will be see those layouts in the next few weeks too. I am mostly working on Hh's album and working in 8 1/2 x 11 - this is so much fun to be with my scrapping buddy and friend.

Kate's mom Donna joined us for a while today to, she is a great scrapper as well. I love being with the two of them and looking at all their cool layouts.

Kate has to go back to work tomorrow, but we will stay one more day and make dinner for her and special. then it is the round trip back to Denver and back to the task of job hunting again. We will pick up J on the way home and I hope he will have had a good week too.

see you all again later this week. QT

roadtrip

Hh and I are off on a roadtrip to Unadilla- to see Kate and special yeah, we will do girlly things and other things, to include a trip to Omaha that includes Archivers. The Henry Dorley Zoo and maybe hair or nails and a photo session for us. Yyeah....
we will be including the NE sites of the rollerskating museum and possibly the movies in Lincoln. we may try for carhenge on the way home and we deffinately have our intrest piqued with the migration of millions of sandhill cranes......
But the best thing is just the thought of being with friends and being confortable to just hang out in scrap- jammies and crop and chat and catch up and do not much.

white and Nerdy

Is this just a stitch, Hh was very cute in her Nerd outfit for spirtday at school. She had this planned a month ago and was just thrilled with herself today.

journal from AMX ad

JoAnna Tuesdays frog


Here's the list:
My name : Tamara
childhood ambition : to be a teacher
fondest memory : vacations with my family
soudtrack : Iz- somewhere over the rainbow
retreat : mountain or secluded scrapping time
wildest dream: to drive a race car
proudest moment : birth of my children
biggest challenge : blending a family and loving a special needs child
alarm clock : clock radio set to local country station.
perfect day : Sun shine, family fun
first job: hostess
indulgence : chocolate truffles
last purchase : scraping stuff
favorite movie : Jerry Maguire
inspiration : My friends and talented scrappers , Kate, Karen and Rebecca Sower
My life : always on the go- checking a calendar- never saying no. :)
My card (okay, you can skip that one)

Ranking these pages - Colorology/ colorstrology

this is a post from along time ago, about Colorstrology
Interestingly this is a post that gest lots of hits in the search engines of life on the internet. The original post and then one more post later with the corrected spelling still draw the intrest of pantone color theorists and astologers wanting to know what color influences their life. :)

This is what the site says about my aniversary date ! here is the web site location for Colorstrology

Your
aniversary -: 04.17

RIBBON RED
PANTONE® 19-1663
TENACIOUS
RESPONSIBLE
PURPOSEFUL


POWERFUL and strong, you are capable of managing a lot of responsibility. You are perceptive and have good investigative powers. You can use your financial insights to help others. Writing, psychology or money-related careers are just some of the areas in life where you can excel. Your personal color inspires optimism and creativity whenever you are feeling separate or somber. Wearing, meditating or surrounding yourself with Ribbon Red assists in blending your serious side with the more lighthearted part of your nature.

I just have to say it is fun looking at this search and the site meter and how it has tracked this for the past 2 years. so I think I will just continue to post about color and colorstrology in the future.

No wonder I am having fits with J

this is from the bbc web pages
Teenage mood swing hormone found

Kevin the teenager is one of the most famous stroppy teenagersTeenage mood swings are known to be down to hormones, but scientists claim they have identified the specific one that makes adolescents so volatile.
A team from the State University of New York identified a hormone which normally acts to calm anxiety, but the effect is reversed in adolescence.
Writing in Nature Neuroscience, the researchers say it may be possible to reverse the puberty effect.
And they add the study should help parents and teachers understand teens.
There is a biological basis for a teenager's mood swings
Dr Sheryl Smith
A hormone called THP is normally released in response to stress.
It usually behaves like a tranquiliser, acting at sites in the brain that calm brain activity and, in adults and pre-pubescent children, helps someone cope with stress.
But a mouse study by the New York team shows THP actually increases anxiety at puberty.
'Things are harder for teenagers'
They found that the target for the hormone, a specific receptor, is more prevalent in the part of the brain which regulates emotion during puberty.
This appears to reverse the normal calming effect.
Dr Sheryl Smith, who led the study says it is so far unclear why this happens, but she suggests it is because of the action of all the other hormones which come into play at puberty.
Dr Smith and her team were able to genetically alter the receptor to reverse the puberty effect.
She said it might also be possible to block the effect of the hormone.
But Dr Smith said more research was needed before that was possible, and a more immediate benefit of the research might be to help parents and teachers understand what teenagers were going through.
"This research has revealed that there is a biological basis for a teenager's mood swings.
"They can be frustrating for parents and teachers - as well as the adolescents.
"As adults, we just deal with things, but it is harder for teenagers because of their biology. I think it's important for people to know that."

Well this is pretty interesting, though not helpful when J states how much he hates me and living in my home, how terrrible his whole life is and why his sister, stepbrothers are fat and not caring about being outside, I have taken away his only means of happiness the ability to be outside! he thought he was riding his bike well enough 6 months ago to be sponcered, but no we won't help him buy a new 600 dollar bike he wants to keep up with the " jones" and then well he can get sponcered . And Gee I told him trust fund babies and kids who have richer parents are the ones who can let there kids ride bikes and snowboards, instead of working and being a responsible adult. as you can tell I am over him for sure, I am looking forward to pawning him off on my friend Alice, out in Brush and be on my way to a girls vacation next week.

what's in a name?

I ripped this off Kate's blog!!

1. YOUR REAL NAME:
Tamara

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME:(first 3 letters of real name plus izzle.)
Tamizzle


3. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME:(fav color and fav animal)
Purple Horse ( hmmn??)

4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME:(your middle name and the street you live on)
Ann Chase

5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME:(the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first)
Crata (Sounds weird, doesn’t it?)


6. YOUR SUPERHERO NAME:(your 2nd favorite color, and favorite drink).
Red Seven and Seven


7. YOUR IRAQI NAME:(2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, any letter of your middle name, 2nd letter of your moms maiden name, 3rd letter of you dads middle name, 1st letter of a siblings first name, and last letter of your moms middle name)
Aanaldn


8. YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME:(parents middle names)
No Name Flloyd


9. YOUR GOTH NAME:(black, and the name of one of your pets)
Black Sampson

These totally cracked me up, I liked Kates version too. be sure to go to let kate Drive to see her's

Where I come from (WIF)

I am from a book that held my name before I was born, from Quaker grits and hardened stock of French train men.
I am from the wilds of Germany, before the Berlin wall fell, the Rockies covered in purple mountain majesty and the suburban areas were I live.
I am from the sun and the moon, the earth and the sky. I crave a time long ago when the pioneers came west.
I am from breakfasts in the early morning and grey hair in the early 30’s , from Lacoste and Spector and Golden roots .
I am from the unconditional lovers and the artists.
From silly fingers in belly buttons and sweet dispositions.
I am from Jewish, Catholic, and found my own way Episcopalian.
I'm from Germany, France, and Connecticut Yankee, I am bushe de noel and steak and potatoes. Plain and fancy.
From the romantic story of my mom and dad’s love affair, the joy of a Christmas morning spent in the southwest Texas sun with great aunt Frieda and great uncle Nick and the warmth of love in the hearts of my brothers David and Greg
I am from scrapbooks done by my Grandma Ann and Aunt Sunny, photo albums from my mom and photographs from my Dad ,black and white stills of a life led around the globe, super 8 tapes transferred to video. Priceless mementos of an international existence for a down home little girl.
I am from a book that held my name before I was born, the bible says I am a beautiful woman, I say I am powerful and creative and I can handle it.

this is the link to the WIF web with a template
and here is where i first ran into this an blogger with a prize at the party below

I thought this was pretty darn cool and will use it in a scrapbook page I think or at least include it in my book of ME.

WOW what a party

Can you believe all those comments below. What a nice thing to do, I have been visiting others blogs too. Pretty neat to see all those other ladies doing cool things and really setting up the party.

so I thought I would at least add some images to my post like this one, I love to cuddle up and get cozy

And Cheesey grins are always fun too !!

a blog party !! ?? !!!

this is 5 minutes for mom web site, kind of a neat idea web party they are giving away prizes.

I am going back to see what prizes I want.

a team sport! scrapbooking

" When accepting his award for best supporting actor at the Academy Awards on Sunday, Alan Arkin, the grandfather in “Little Miss Sunshine,” called acting a “team sport.” “I can’t work at all unless I feel the spirit of unity around me,” he said.
So many creative pursuits are like this, aren’t they? We thrive when we surround ourselves with others who value creativity and who challenge us to grow and try new things. I know when my creativity’s blocked, if I stop and chat with a friend about what’s stumping me, the ideas will be flowing again in no time. "

Katie Hilbert, newsletter editor for memory makers magazine

I love this quote and thought from Alan and from Katie!! I can't wait to do a team sport soon with my pals-

random ness with pictures

This is making memories big sticker letters! I put these on the mirror for S on valentines day - we had a dance at the church too, it was fun, my former co-worker came and did the dj thing, we had a lovely turn out about 20 people given that the snow was falling and traffic was terrible and crazy.



The Girls in posterized form! these are Hh's girlfriends from school, we took them roller skating and to pizza and had a blast crafting each of them a altered letter, they each got one cute t-shirt with a butterfly on it, some sox and other cool items in their goody bags. they didn't get much sleep but they had fun. We wanted to go see bridge to terabethia movie, but not everyone wanted to do that. This wild hair came on after we got back and were opening presents... they made me laugh and laugh.

My aunty is talented lady too, here is her newest endevor at a great age. A web page showcasing her artistry and life, my family - she made wood cuts and prints from those, it is facinating , my long lost 2nd removed cousin made these pages for her.

Josh Golden is a talented musician along with his wife, and he can be heard here on his joshualittlestream page , he plays guitar and sings and is just nice. I am happy to have made some contact with him as well, and hope to cultivate a friendship in the future too.





This is the best stuff, my girl Kate this is Tupperware!!! cool cup and outstanding snack set of 4 just for valentines, with the best homemade tags and yummy chocolate. And it came just in time for the best valentines day celebration.




Then there is The real Birthday of Hh, who is now 11 years old, the best gift she got? was this


this is the cuddly lamb from build a bear- she collects lambs and this was the best, it says 5 different hip girl sayings- including lets go shopping. HHHHaaaaaaHaaaa

bibles and cell phones

This was sent to me by a friend and I thought it was an interesting ring a dring for me.

Bibles and cell phones

What would life be like if we treated the Bible like we treat our
Cell phone?
What if we carried it around in our purse or pocket?
What if we turned around and went back home to get it if we forgot it?
What if we flipped through it several times a day?
What if we checked it regularly to receive messages from the text?
What if we treated it like we couldn't live without it?
What if we gave it to our kids as gifts?
What if we used it when we travel?
What if we used it in case of emergency?

Where is my cell phone? Hmmmmmm...where is my Bible?
Which one is easier for me to find?

Oh, and one more thing. Unlike our cell phone, we don't ever have to worry about our bible being disconnected. Jesus Christ has already paid the bill.
author unknown

You Are Not Destined to Rule the World

You are destined for something else... Like inventing a new type of cupcake. You just don't have the stomach for brutality. But watch out - because many people do!

Are You Destined For World Domination?

I changed my permissions on the blog, to comments that require

verification, I was getting tons of automated hits and can't handle them in my troubled computer and troubled e-mail at the moment.

I am blogging from work today

from my last day at boston market catering line - well it is sunday ad so solow I can't believe it is the same place that I have worked since dec, this is the queitest day I have personnally encountered. I tryed to like this job at the corporate office but you know I am just not cut out to meet a set rate for phone calls on the ordering line - I can safely say I have worked in a call center and did o.k. but it really isn't for me.

My intention was to take some time and get my resume together, but I took on another temporary job for Kelly doing some test scoring. I did this at the begining (the test scoring) and enjoyed it-i really haven't enjoed the phone call center work. I thought I could handle it but I discovered I really couldn't - I gave it the old college try anyway. the test scoreing is on some level more an intelectual persuit and all the folks there are college grads, makes for an interesting mix of backgrounds, lots of off work or retired educators or students needing flexable temp jobs. the compnay is called measured progress.

So I had an "exam" in the HR field on the 8th of feb with the U of Colorado in Boulder, I did o.k. and passed the exam!!! I ranked number 4 and the top 3 got the interviews. but i remain on the list in case someone else declines the interview or job offer. YEAH I am really quite proud of myself with this as the job is a " general Proffessional " position with the state university .

these are the things that are on my mind this morning.

silly boys

this is Sampson, silly guy- he has about 7 shots in him bb's and pellets.

this is an older shot of general- but he has 10-or 11 shots and pellets in him.

my puppy dog - Gabby

This is my Dog Gabby ( Gabriel) - She has been very sick since right before my birthday, we have been babying her - Long doggies can have very bad back problems, and that was the beginning of the end for this sweet dog.

With all the bad weather and snow we have had icy mess in the yard and the little dogs don't like this at all, she had strained something about 3 weeks ago, we let her " rest up " all weekend and on Monday when she still wasn't feeling well we took her to the vet, on Tuesday the 30th . Well she really had a bad back issue going. She wasn't moving very well, so the vet gave us a bit of prednizone ( an anabolic steroid) and some antibiotics and told us we must kennel rest her. well after 24 hours she was feeling better and we let her over do it. so by Friday she was very down in her back and was worse than ever. She had a bulge you could see and she was losing feeling in her hind legs.

The vet we go to had a partner who does acupuncture and we let her do that on that Friday. We wanted gabby to get some relief. We continues the meds and the kennel confinement. and she really wasn't improving, we did another weekend and on Thursday she had another acupuncture treatment. our goal was confinement and treatments and to see how this all went. The doctor said she really was losing feeling and she had loss of control with her bowels at this point as well.

Last night - Saturday evening, she really didn't look well and wouldn't eat or take any food at all. this morning before we were going to go to church , she was urinating blood, and had a real mess going, I told S we had to do something, we couldn't just leave her. So we called the emergency number our vet refers too, and we took her there. As part of the back leg and paralysis she has been suffering the bladder was now infected, we discussed all the options, but felt it was really not a way for her to live, her recovery was not looking too good, and she has been deteriorating for the whole 3 weeks that this has been going on, we have tried to let here heal, but the vet said it was really bad now, and her kidneys could fail and her white cell count was very elevated. So we had to make the hardest decision to let her go in peace.

I held her and loved her all the while and we stayed together with her to the very end. This has been one of the worst days of my life. I am emotionally wrung out and done.

My friend Karen came to get Hh who was the only child we had at home this morning, and I was glad she didn't come with us.

there is another part to this story - remember my neighbor who cut down my tree? well it turns out he's been shooting the dogs. I went to see if I blogged about the tree? but I didn't find it.
anyway one of the things my vet did on the initial consultation visit on the back problem was take x-rays of gabby, so we could see the disk problems, when she came flying out of the exam room, wanting to know how long have I had my dog and did I know my neighbors? Well he has managed to shoot her 4 times and the other dogs have been shot too, I am taking them in next week for x-rays too. This had really aggravated the back issues for her for sure, as one of the shots was along the back bone and one in her rear end, but the other too ( b-b shots) were to her lungs ( aimed and placed to do her damage) . Unbelievably these have been there for close to a year or more now. As this neighbor finally moved out and tried to sell his house though he's not having success with it at all.

this is the worst part of this for me, this is a loving living wonderful pup and he couldn't stand her enough to shoot her! and my other dogs too. He might as well have killed her then for all the grief and pain we have been through in the last three weeks. I did report this to animal control, and I have a phone number for him so I am turning in that information too, along with the reports for gabby and the other two boys as soon as I get them x-rayed as well. I am not sure much justice can be done, as I need to have a witness to him shooting or possessing the air rifles and pellet guns. But the vet and the animal control have both said this is a felony offense, so maybe karma will get him.

I am going to bed now it has been an awful day and a I fear a fitful night for me. But my gabby has gone on to play with all the other puppies and friends that have gone before her. RIP my little girly girl

Aquarius - Your Love Profile

Your positive traits: You've got a ton of friends, so you have no problem meeting new people. You're great at thinking up new things and activities to do with your sweetie. You tend to let the little things slide in relationships... and focus on the bigger picture. Your negative traits: In relationships, it tends to be your way or the highway. You can never open up completely to someone - you have to keep parts of yourself secret. You're cold and reserved, which leaves your partner feeling unloved. Your ideal partner: Flexible, because you're not going to be the one to compromise! Is smart and quirky with lots of weird interests... including you. A true individualist who doesn't care what anyone thinks Your dating style: Stimulating. You prefer dates that explore a shared interest - like a lecture, muesum tour, or concert. Your seduction style: Wacky. Your wild ideas have your lover wondering what's next. Insatiable - it takes a lot to satisfy your desires. Varied. You're eager to try things as soon as you learn about them. Tips for the future: Bring a little responsibility to your relationship - like showing up for dates! Compromise a little. It would kill you to do things your lover's way for once. Be aware of your partner's jealousy. Even though you aren't jealous, realize your partner is sometimes. Best color to attract mate: Sky blue Best day for a date: Wednesday

What's Your Love Profile?

flower power

You Are a Red Flower

A red flower tends to represent power, seduction, and desire. At times, you are loving like a red tulip. And at other times, you're very enthusiastic, like a bouvardia. And more than you wish, your passion is a bit overwhelming, like a red rose.

What Color Flower Are You?

have a pet name?

What Queue_t Means

Q is for Quixote U is for Ugly Bumper E is for Easy U is for Ugly Bumper E is for Eclair _ is for T is for Tootsie

What's Your Pet Name?

A palm, a pan and a plan??

The earliest known American reference to Groundhog Day can be found at the Historical Society of Berks County in Reading, Pennsylvania. The reference was made Feb. 4, 1841 in Morgantown, Berks County , Pennsylvania storekeeper James Morris' diary: "Last Tuesday, the 2nd, was Candlemas day, the day on which, according to the Germans, the Groundhog peeps out of his winter quarters and if he sees his shadow he pops back for another six weeks nap, but if the day be cloudy he remains out, as the weather is to be moderate."

In the U.S. the tradition derives from a Scottish poem:

As the light grows longer

The cold grows stronger

If Candlemas be fair and bright

Winter will have another flight

If Candlemas be cloud and rain

Winter will be gone and not come again

A farmer should on Candlemas day

Have half his corn and half his hay

On Candlemas day if thorns hang a drop

You can be sure of a good pea crop

Well its been a great birthday celebration , I have been serenaded in song and feted galore, the girls at work decorated my little cubicle and Steven sang to me, my brother sang to me, and my mom and dad sang to me. !

I got a palm pilot to organize my life, a pan that I wanted from Steven and a wonderful gift of thought and time from my girlly HH and this morning I didn't see my shadow either and so I along with many of my friends are hoping for a shortened winter.

I got all the best cards and greetings from all my friends! and my family - I am so blessed I can't even tell you the best of it is just knowing that they all love me.

a song for my soul

I love her music and songs and this one is a great one.

Martina Mcbride
Do It Anyway

You can spend your whole life buildin'
Something from nothin
One storm could come and blow it all away
Build it anyway

You could chase a dream
That seems so out of reach
And you know it might not ever come your way
Dream it anyway

God is great but sometimes life aint good
And when I pray
It doesn't always turn out like i think it should
But I do it anyway
I do it anyway

This worlds gone crazy
And it's hard to believe
That tomorrow will be better than today
Believe it anyway

You can love someone with all you heart
For all the right reasons
And in a moment they can choose to walk away
Love 'em anyway

God is great but sometimes life aint good
And when I pray
It doesn't always turn out like i think it should
But I do it anyway
Yeah I do it anyway

You can pour your soul out singin'
A song you believe in
That tomorrow they'll forget you ever sang
Sing it anyway
Yeah sing it anyway

I sing
I dream
I love anyway

what flavor are you

Buzz buzz, I am Coffee flavoured. I am popular in the workplace, even though I am often bitter. I am energetic to the point of being frenetic; buzz buzz, out of my way. I tend to overwork myself and need periods of recovery time. What Flavour Are You?

what is on your list?

What is on your wish list for a $250 or less combined total? this is from Kate at letKateDrive

I like her list

but I have been working on mine too, I would like a couple of new underpinnings mine are in sad shape LOL

I wanted a AMM-Tote-ally cool tote for scrapping, but one of the stores here had a great sale ( so I bought myself one already)
I like the crop-0-dial too, but I too am practical in my thinking that in my " scrapping things" I have duplicates of this too, maybe the next time I get a great coupon

I would like a blue tooth headset for my cell phone for hands free talking in the Mom van.

I would like the 2007 designing with calender.

that is it for the moment I will think on this a bit more still. I love retail therapy ...

a little blogger survey

http://www.whydoyoublog.com/survey

says you could win an Ipod by doing the survey it didn't take long.

what these are made of

s are a set that comes all together in the same color family from making memories company. the side of the lunch box has rubons that are " glittery " too. HH says she will be using hers as her valentine mail box at school this year!!


I should really say how I do it!! they both have this really great paper the lunch box is decoupaged right to the surface , I cut each side and pasted it on with mod podge.

the little pail is more of a- around the pail cover- it was cut and stuck to itself and they are metal so magnets stick to them too!! the flowers are stuck on with glue dots , but are comprised of multiple layers of silk and paper flower parts. and a brad.
the " bling" is little pink sequins and silver sequins glued on with a dimensional adhesive called diamond glaze.

the paper was very cool too, it has some shine and glittery ink and a slightly embossed feel on some of the words.

each has a metal tag- with rub ons for the nick name - and other paper tags attached on the outsides. the ribbon

here are a couple more shots from different angles

altered pail and lunch box

Yeah - I' m Back, after suffering major computer withdrawls

I have to say that the not having the computer has had a few benefits and I have done alot of cards and other cute projects that I will be posting here soon, I have to download my photos from my camera.

I created quite a few valentines and they will soon be winging there way to my peeps- this is my absolutely favorite holiday I just love the notion of a celebration of love.

I created two altered little boxes and I will be sending one away too my special K - one is Hh's she LOVES it too, they are blinged out girly things.

I took on the " senior Warden Job" officially today after our annual meeting at church. I am looking forward to a productive year. we will have some movers and shakers serving on vestry with me and that makes me happy. I see good things in the coming year.

I am without

a computer for almost a week now, will posst up again soon, fffffried a mother board I beleive. qt

a long and rambling post

I haven’t blogged in a serious manner in quite a while, I have a lot on my mind and heart these days and Thought maybe I should put a little of it out there in the world.

I really took a blow with the loss of my job, even though my boss was a real a$$Hat you can ask anyone who worked for him or with him , he didn’t want to communicate with me, I would have straightened up an flown right had he just had a talk with me, instead I take a bit of the blame for my being let go, with behavior that was acting out to get attention, his business needed his serious attention and I don’t think he wanted to hear it from me or anyone else. He took advantage of the freedoms it offered and after awhile I did too…. Much to my demise!

Enough of that re-hashing.

J- is very much on my mind- he is so in need of boundaries and I am having a hard time making them and getting any of it to “ stick to him” , I fear that he is on the fringe of a bad crowd, even if I can keep him interested and going along in scouting, he doesn’t share this with too many of the other boys in his life. I hope he will strive to get to eagle, but the road gets harder everyday, he has calmed down on the wanting to drive just yet, seeing another kid down the street recklessly go about getting into multiple accidents has cooled his jets a bit. I am worried about drugs too, I am certain it has moved into pot at the very least. Though I am not sure how they manage to get it?? !!! I am very naive in that area, I drank a bit at the end of H.S. and into college and but never did any drugs , they just weren’t for me and did nothing for me either.

The work I am doing now, I apparently am doing it well enough that they let other phone customer service reps go and retained me and one other gal from my group for their current staffing needs at Boston Market ( through Kelly temps) still, it is not my desired field? But then what again has been in the 25 years I have worked as an adult? I did put in an application to get into a re-training program that is federally funded for “ displaced” workers, I will keep you posted on this avenue, as they will do some initial interest inventories and skill assessments and this could be a way to finally find out what I want to do when I grow up J . In the mean time I will keep plugging away at this spot for a while, I have met some very nice people and it is just a fine environment to work in- nothing to serious or strenuous_ and it is still win –win as long as I am working for the temp agency I can move on at anytime and do something else if this really isn’t for me. I guess that the thing I look at there is since it is a foot into the corporate office there are many different jobs in this business and I wouldn’t have to stay on the phones forever…..

One more little ( yeah right) thing now on my mind, is I have been asked to take on the job of senior warden at St. James Episcopal Church- my family Parrish, I was so surprised by this that I laughed out loud right after initially being asked! S and I have talked this over for a while, knowing our current senior warden was going to be stepping down. I just guess I thought it would be someone else- but I also can see that if not now then when? For me it is a big step and big responsibility, I would be the priest-in-charge’s boss and also responsible for lots of things in our church. These are big shoes to fill and I m praying for the best guidance I can get at the moment. S is confident with a little more “ time management” I can do this job along with my other hats I wear like, mom, scouter, worker bee and friend! I hope I will be up to the task, but others have confidence in me and see the good qualities in me that some times I find the most difficult to see, I also know I hide behind myself and don’t let my light shine cause I don’t want the spotlight to be on me. I hope that my shortcomings will not be a liability to this big job. I wasn’t going to post this whole thing up to the blog, but now I really think I should, I hope you all will not judge me too harshly.

I need your prayers and support too my friends in the www- I value the interesting ladies and guys I have been able to connect with online. and I hope you all will send up good thoughts for me in the coming few weeks. Thanks for reading if you have gotten this far!! QT

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Denver Baby

Weather Bulletin - Denver

Up here, in the "Mile-Hi City", we just recovered from a Historic event--- may I even say a "Weather Event" of "Biblical Proportions" --- with a historic blizzard of up to 44" inches of snow and winds up to 90 MPH that broke trees in half, knocked down utility poles, stranded hundreds of motorists in lethal snow banks, closed ALL roads, isolated scores of communities and cut power to 10's of thousands.

FYI:

George Bush did not come.

FEMA did nothing.

No one howled for the government.

No one blamed the government.

No one even uttered an expletive on TV.

Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton did not visit.

Our Mayor did not blame Bush or anyone else.

Our Governor did not blame Bush or anyone else, either.

CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX or NBC did not visit - or report on this category 5 snowstorm. Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards.

No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House.

No one looted.

Nobody - I mean Nobody demanded the government do something.

Nobody expected the government to do anything, either.

No Larry King, No Bill O'Rielly, No Oprah, No Chris Mathews and No Geraldo Rivera.

No Shaun Penn, No Barbara Striesand, No Hollywood types to be found.

Nope, we just melted the snow for water.

Sent out caravans of SUV's to pluck people out of snow engulfed cars.

The truck drivers pulled people out of snow banks and didn't ask for a penny .
Dropped Hay bales from helicopter to stranded and starving cattle.

Local restaurants made food and the police and fire departments delivered it to the snowbound families.

Families took in the stranded people - total strangers.

We fired up wood stoves, broke out coal oil lanterns or Coleman lanterns.

We put on extra layers of clothes because up here it is "Work or Die".

We did not wait for some affirmative action government to get us out of a mess created by being immobilized by a welfare program that trades votes for 'sittin at home' checks.

Even though a Category "5" blizzard of this scale has never fallen this early, we know it can happen and how to deal with it ourselves.

"In my many travels, I have noticed that once one gets north of about 48 degrees North Latitude, 90% of the world 's social problems evaporate."

It does seem that way, at least to me.

I hope this gets passed on.

Maybe SOME people will get the message. The world does Not owe you a living

Its snowing again today !

Oh Yeah ! all this and Grieving over Our Lost Sports Icon "Darrent Williams" of the Denver Broncos

"Rest In Peace Homie"

I am working early am hours

I am up at 4:00am and in bed soon - still temping with Kelly but at Boston Market corporate office call center in Golden.

so I am tuckered out alot and the snow has caused a major problem everywhere in Denver! I promise to get back to regular blogging soon.